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the stalking start with benghazi former cia director recent very recently former cia director it's a whole other thing i suppose david petraeus testified on capitol hill today about benghazi i don't know if john mccain showed up for this when he missed the one yesterday that in any case he confirmed that the attack was indeed an act of terrorism consistent with what president obama had said in the rose garden the day after the attack here's the clip. no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation alter that character or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for today we mourn for more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act republicans john mccain and lindsey graham have been calling for watergate scale or type investigations into benghazi yet both mccain and graham skipped the hearing yesterday where the joint chiefs and the f.b.i. and the cia and everybody else came to tell the senators what they wanted to hear so my question and let me st
the stalking start with benghazi former cia director recent very recently former cia director it's a whole other thing i suppose david petraeus testified on capitol hill today about benghazi i don't know if john mccain showed up for this when he missed the one yesterday that in any case he confirmed that the attack was indeed an act of terrorism consistent with what president obama had said in the rose garden the day after the attack here's the clip. no acts of terror will ever shake the...
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why didn't he as cia director go to the president, the public ought to know what happened. why didn't he do that? >> the intelligence community put forward the assessments that gave us a clear assessment and debunked the idea there was a protest. you can accuse them of being too slow to do that, and we have asked them exactly these questions why it took so long to get to the truth and get a more accurate picture. they need to put this forward to us in a way that doesn't divulge classified information. but i don't think there's any evidence, i certainly haven't seen any evidence, that general petraeus or any of the other intelligence community were trying to mislead anyone. they are professional. they were trying to do their job, and we can fault them for getting the initial assessment wrong, but i don't think we can ascribe any kind of malice or intent to deceive. >> when your pants are on fire, someone should tell you your pants are on fire. you shouldn't have to ask are my pants on fire? that's my view. i'm going to try to get more information. congressman adam schiff fro
why didn't he as cia director go to the president, the public ought to know what happened. why didn't he do that? >> the intelligence community put forward the assessments that gave us a clear assessment and debunked the idea there was a protest. you can accuse them of being too slow to do that, and we have asked them exactly these questions why it took so long to get to the truth and get a more accurate picture. they need to put this forward to us in a way that doesn't divulge classified...
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the former cia director breaks his silence. why what david petraeus said is being kept secret. >>> and the battle between sheriff roth kree mee, the letter the sent to the mayor and what he said .Ñj6+ . >>> david petraeus made his first official remarks today after resigning last week because of an extramarital affair. ktvu's john fowler is in the news room tonight with what the general said and why we won't be hearing it. john. >> general petraeus testified during a dmraszed session of congress, a highly -charged appearance about libya and unlike previous trips to capitol hill, his wife did not accompany him. >> tight security surrounded closed-door sessions on capitol hill. retired general david petraeus apoll jiedz to lawmakers for his affair that led to his resignation last week. it's something san mateo congresswoman jackie speer today reveals a military culture of sexual corruption. >> i am deeply deeply disappointed in former general petraeus's actions. the jury is still out on what general allen did, but what is happen
the former cia director breaks his silence. why what david petraeus said is being kept secret. >>> and the battle between sheriff roth kree mee, the letter the sent to the mayor and what he said .Ñj6+ . >>> david petraeus made his first official remarks today after resigning last week because of an extramarital affair. ktvu's john fowler is in the news room tonight with what the general said and why we won't be hearing it. john. >> general petraeus testified during a...
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. >> former cia operative and the makers of diligence cat toys. diligence cat hammocks and diligence cat hair nets. for all of your cat toy and cat hammocks and cat hair net needs, think diligence. diligence, you won't even know you are dead, but they will. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> wonder bread has been left for dead. yes, a nation is in morning as hostess is closing its pack tory for good. the maker of twimkies and double dogs said they couldn't reach a deal with the striking bakers by thursday it would have no choice but to shutdown. with that deadline past, the company's ceo issued a statement on friday saying this. >> we deeply regret the necessity, but do not have the sources to weather an extended nationwide strike. in september the baker's union reject rejected a contract. and instead 18,000 workers will lose their jobs which i guess is better. hostess will auction off its assets meaning many brands could survive under the ownership of new p cs. and demand for fox news is at an all-time high. >> i don't know anymore.
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and it raises concerns that the cia and fbi are at it again or at war again. we think? >> well, i have observed the privilege of knowing general petraeus for nearly a decade. i think he's a great man. so i have the feeling that he had done things for the country in iraq and afghanistan. neil: on all that, sir. the cia and the fbi -- [talking over each other] >> [inaudible] it can be that the criteria of a particular investigation, i don't wt to question the motives of the fbi. i am sure that they -- they have gone by the instructions of which they operate. neil: when you are under president nixon, even when the administrations were competing, they thought that was okay. they thought they were doing better for the country. >> the fbi did it to prove the job. they did the internal pursuit of espionage in this country. they operated abroad. sometimes these lines might cros. i did not come across it during the watergate period. neil: we are not after that. this is a scandal that grows in your opinion? or not? >> you know, i endorsed governor romney. but i would like now to
and it raises concerns that the cia and fbi are at it again or at war again. we think? >> well, i have observed the privilege of knowing general petraeus for nearly a decade. i think he's a great man. so i have the feeling that he had done things for the country in iraq and afghanistan. neil: on all that, sir. the cia and the fbi -- [talking over each other] >> [inaudible] it can be that the criteria of a particular investigation, i don't wt to question the motives of the fbi. i am...
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he is running the cia. but he decides to conduct an affair through a gmail account, because, gosh, nobody can get access to that except maybe any 12-year-old in america. and his paramour, she has a master's degree from harvard, also of west point grad, and she decides, allegedly, to send a threatening e-mails to all woman in florida who may also be going after david petraeus, and she sends these also through a gmail account. and now they are shocked that they got caught. this is dumb and dumber. >> colby, you have a military and national security experience. your thoughts on this? >> war is hell, and obviously it has taken its toll on some of our top generals. look, nothing that general petraeus has done will detract from his record. what happened is still a little confusing. the investigation done by the fbi, and they determined that there was no question of loyalty or national security compromise. and they stopped. there is another aspect to this, the whole question of suitability in conduct. you can be a
he is running the cia. but he decides to conduct an affair through a gmail account, because, gosh, nobody can get access to that except maybe any 12-year-old in america. and his paramour, she has a master's degree from harvard, also of west point grad, and she decides, allegedly, to send a threatening e-mails to all woman in florida who may also be going after david petraeus, and she sends these also through a gmail account. and now they are shocked that they got caught. this is dumb and...
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talking points a congressional source tells fox news the cia talking points had the language changed and drafts including al-qaeda in a later draft extremists, republicans say it was an effort to downplay or minimize the role of al-qaeda in the benghazi attacks, and no one in the u.s. intelligence community could say for sure who is responsible for the change. >> the initial talking points which were put together in an unclassified format at the house of the intelligence committee did initially state that al-qaeda-affiliated groups were involved, however, by the time we understand that went through its editing process after it left langley, that reference was taken out. >> reporter: but democrats say that these changes were not driven by politics, simply made to protect classified information. >> they didn't want to be specific as to the precise group they thought was responsible or groups because there may have been multiple groups involved, multiple groups of terrorists or extremists, but it was done to protect classified information and he was very clear this was never done for po
talking points a congressional source tells fox news the cia talking points had the language changed and drafts including al-qaeda in a later draft extremists, republicans say it was an effort to downplay or minimize the role of al-qaeda in the benghazi attacks, and no one in the u.s. intelligence community could say for sure who is responsible for the change. >> the initial talking points which were put together in an unclassified format at the house of the intelligence committee did...
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lawmakers did not press the former cia director on the extra marital affairs. but he did say that the libyan attacks had nothing to do with his resignation. mayor emanuel got a face time today with the president at the white house he met with the president about 10 this morning in the oval office its familiar territory for the mayor who used to be the president's chief of staff. no more hostess cupcakes or twinkies and no more jobs for 18,000 workers we have news that the hostess company apparently is going out of business and its prompted a run on many of this snack cakes. hostess at its stores around the country are quickly selling out of just about everything, thousands of loyal customers want to make sure they get their hands on what might be a last of their favorite treats. are you sad that they're closing down? >> i am. >> customers we spoke with say they're not happy about today's news. >> been around for a long time. i stock up on a little bit of everything for the kids. at the host is planted in a nearby schiller park that also went to chicago workers
lawmakers did not press the former cia director on the extra marital affairs. but he did say that the libyan attacks had nothing to do with his resignation. mayor emanuel got a face time today with the president at the white house he met with the president about 10 this morning in the oval office its familiar territory for the mayor who used to be the president's chief of staff. no more hostess cupcakes or twinkies and no more jobs for 18,000 workers we have news that the hostess company...
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former cia covert operatives. the louis gomer, and to leading doctors here to psychoanalyzed it all. in washington that is a lot. our first guest has deep understanding of the y the intelligence community works. joining us now, former cia operative, the highly decorated operative who served 23 years in a clandestine service. he worked as chi of station in the middle east and latin america -- let america. the first question has to be, the former cia director saying that he does not know what happened afer the cia send over their memorandum. that isn't the one he delivered, and the changes had to be made subsequently. the cia director, by the way, you anticipated when you were on this broadcast a few years ago saying that it had to have originated in -- he changes, the flowfrom the white house to the united nations ambassador had to occur either in the state department of the white house itself. >> i stand by that. and e fact is that no one writes those sorts of things that a cia officer would right to my director w
former cia covert operatives. the louis gomer, and to leading doctors here to psychoanalyzed it all. in washington that is a lot. our first guest has deep understanding of the y the intelligence community works. joining us now, former cia operative, the highly decorated operative who served 23 years in a clandestine service. he worked as chi of station in the middle east and latin america -- let america. the first question has to be, the former cia director saying that he does not know what...
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look, these cia guys were in a firefight that night seven and a half hours. two of their guys, the seals with cia got killed. they came out, reported back. you had real-time intelligence. the cia, according to petraeus on friday, said he had in his talking points that this may have been an al-qaeda operation. that's taken out. carney and then petraeus and then rice repeatedly and the president say it came out of some spontaneous protest. there was no spontaneous protest. there was a terrorist attack. >> do you think that this is, in addition to what's been said here, do you agree with that, and secondly, do you think it was an effort at a top level to protect the cia? >> well, what you are seeing now on capitol hill that relates to all of what you are asking is that republicans are trying to buck this sort of trend, attitudal trend that you are echoing, this was nothing, this was nothing, so that's why mccain and lindsey graham, and a woman, so not just those two parties. there others. i'm on the hill every day. i will tell you there are republicans that don'
look, these cia guys were in a firefight that night seven and a half hours. two of their guys, the seals with cia got killed. they came out, reported back. you had real-time intelligence. the cia, according to petraeus on friday, said he had in his talking points that this may have been an al-qaeda operation. that's taken out. carney and then petraeus and then rice repeatedly and the president say it came out of some spontaneous protest. there was no spontaneous protest. there was a terrorist...
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a closed door hearing with former cia director, david petraeus. jim? >> reporter: what general petraeus told lawmakers today has done little to clear up who knew what and when. what is clear is that initial accounts of a spontaneous uprising were quickly debunked. general petraeus said some in the cia immediately thought the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others was the work of terrorists. he also said the white house withheld that information to avoid revealing the u.s. was on al qaeda's trail. that differs from what petraeus himself said three days after the attack. and from the so-called talking points that u.n. ambassador susan rice was reportedly using to answer questions as the administration's representative. >> she knew at that point in time that al qaeda was very l e likely responsiblen part or whole, in the death of ambassador stevens. >> she did entirely the responsible thing. >> now petraeus, said the decision to put out a different account of what happened was not political. he also said his personal scandal, the ext
a closed door hearing with former cia director, david petraeus. jim? >> reporter: what general petraeus told lawmakers today has done little to clear up who knew what and when. what is clear is that initial accounts of a spontaneous uprising were quickly debunked. general petraeus said some in the cia immediately thought the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others was the work of terrorists. he also said the white house withheld that information to avoid revealing the...
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. >> these are cia talking points. who is privy to them the white house and whoever they share it with and the intelligence committee. this was not just kept to susan rice as her script for the sunday morning shows. these were shared with everybody who would be privy. >> the last point is the idea she is not qualified and i doacht trust her -- don't trust her, i have big ears for racial language and i'm hearing them there. this is not a reasonable way. >> i didn't pick that up. the one person they said was unqualified is soto mayor. >> and go to say we supported condoleezza rice it's just susan rice. >> when we come back, the president has a bit of bro-mans going on with john boehner. >> my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. >> i we will talk to senator sanders when we come back. and the elbow of the day of i have to be honest, it's ridiculous today. good luck tryinginging to guess. when alea was born i definitely was not prepared. i just asked myself, "am i doing all that i can, am i doing the be
. >> these are cia talking points. who is privy to them the white house and whoever they share it with and the intelligence committee. this was not just kept to susan rice as her script for the sunday morning shows. these were shared with everybody who would be privy. >> the last point is the idea she is not qualified and i doacht trust her -- don't trust her, i have big ears for racial language and i'm hearing them there. this is not a reasonable way. >> i didn't pick that...
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it is not like he was suddenly inaccessible by retiring or leaving his position with the cia. as far as the investigation goes, that's still going to continue and still going to continue to take time and i think part of the discussion is just the sematic difference here. well, it was an act of terrorism, no doubt of that. but a terrorist act can also be spaontaneously committed. you can have the terrorists preparing to do an attack and all the weapons they're ever going to need following the civil war in that country. so, they're readily armed and they had a year and a half to train on how to fire mortars and others more sophisticated weapons. the fact that maybe on short notice they decided to go out and attack that consulate, you know, it's not making it mutually exclusive, but kind of a spontaneous act and absolutely a terrorist act. it can be both. >> do you get the sense after all the back and forth on friday and the testimony from petraeus that some gop lawmakers may skewing the white house over this? maybe ritter changed their thinking? >> i don't know. that remain ts t
it is not like he was suddenly inaccessible by retiring or leaving his position with the cia. as far as the investigation goes, that's still going to continue and still going to continue to take time and i think part of the discussion is just the sematic difference here. well, it was an act of terrorism, no doubt of that. but a terrorist act can also be spaontaneously committed. you can have the terrorists preparing to do an attack and all the weapons they're ever going to need following the...
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undocumenting talking points at a very early stage. >> reporter: lawmakers today said the original cia talking points refer to al-qaida as responsible that was somehow deleted. now congress wants to know who eliminated that reference and why. >>> the two women at the center of the petraeus scandal are no strangers in washington. the associated press reports jill kelly and twin city had lunch at the white house cafeteria and september as guests of a white house aid. and paula broadwell attended meetings in part of the white house compound because of tunnels that connect the two buildings. white house officials say neither woman met president obama. >>> a potentially deadly plot is foiled. see who tipped off police about a young man's plan to open fire during a showing of the new twilight movie. >>> and back here in just a couple of minute, i will time out the weekend's rain right into sunday where there's no rain forecast. >>> a 14-year-old boy is arrested for kid kidnapping and assault. what the young suspect did right after the crime that led to his arrest. [ female announcer ] this i
undocumenting talking points at a very early stage. >> reporter: lawmakers today said the original cia talking points refer to al-qaida as responsible that was somehow deleted. now congress wants to know who eliminated that reference and why. >>> the two women at the center of the petraeus scandal are no strangers in washington. the associated press reports jill kelly and twin city had lunch at the white house cafeteria and september as guests of a white house aid. and paula...
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former cia director david petraeus testifying on capitol hill about what the cia knew during and after the attack that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. here now, republican congressman joe heck from nevada, a member of the house committee. he was in the hearing and he heard general petraeus and sir, i've got to ask you, are you satisfied with david petraeus's testimony about the events that took the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans? >> well, i am, kelly. i am he' satisfied with the testimony of general petraeus, but there's still unanswered questions that we're waiting to be answered by the administration and that is, what was known by the administration and when did they know it. general petraeus came before us on september 14th and gave his best assessment of the situation at that time and came back yesterday to reiterate many points and tell us where the inintelligence changed from when he first had come before us on september 14th, but what we do know is that the talking points that were put together and released by the cia were chang
former cia director david petraeus testifying on capitol hill about what the cia knew during and after the attack that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. here now, republican congressman joe heck from nevada, a member of the house committee. he was in the hearing and he heard general petraeus and sir, i've got to ask you, are you satisfied with david petraeus's testimony about the events that took the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans? >> well,...
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joining me is lieutenant colonel thomas macanerny and former cia officer, peter brooks. i didn't get the message on the gold tie. but good to see you both. look, it seems to me, this is pretty obvious this. shouldn't be politicized. we have four dead american, first ambassador killed in 30 years, why are my suspicions going to, oh, this is just before an election, we can't let the american people know ahead of time what is going on here? colonel? >>. >> that's a very good question. you have heard about the fog of war, we are seeing the fog of the white house right new now. there is no reason thea cannot come and say, we had an attack by radical islamist elements on our consulate in benghazi. and the world would have forgotten about it -- except we lost four people. instead, they have piled on different views. we saw the latest view this morning when general petraeus talked. it just boggles my mind why the president just doesn't take full-- >>> are you convinced he lied, colonel? >> well, i am convinced that he is not telling the truth. i am am convinced there were severa
joining me is lieutenant colonel thomas macanerny and former cia officer, peter brooks. i didn't get the message on the gold tie. but good to see you both. look, it seems to me, this is pretty obvious this. shouldn't be politicized. we have four dead american, first ambassador killed in 30 years, why are my suspicions going to, oh, this is just before an election, we can't let the american people know ahead of time what is going on here? colonel? >>. >> that's a very good question....
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pet >>> new details about what former cia director david petraeus told members of congress today in a closed hearing. petraeus offered a new explanation for why some references to terror groups suspected in the benghazi attacks were initially downplayed. cbs reporter danielle nottingham has details. >>> reporter: former cia director david petraeus avoided cameras testifying on capitol hill friday. behind closed doors, he answered lawmakers' questions about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> general petraeus's briefing was comprehensive. i think it was in -- added to our ability to make judgments about what is clearly a failure of intelligence. >> reporter: petraeus told lawmakers he believed all along terrorists carried out the attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. >> the original talking points prepared by the cia were different from the ones that were finally put out. >> reporter: lawmakers are trying to sort out what the obama administration knew and understand why five days after the attack, u.n. ambassador susan ri
pet >>> new details about what former cia director david petraeus told members of congress today in a closed hearing. petraeus offered a new explanation for why some references to terror groups suspected in the benghazi attacks were initially downplayed. cbs reporter danielle nottingham has details. >>> reporter: former cia director david petraeus avoided cameras testifying on capitol hill friday. behind closed doors, he answered lawmakers' questions about the deadly attack on...
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the former four-star general, former cia director until a week ago tonight was hidden from view as he testified in secret about his old job and what he knows about what happened in benghazi, libya, on 911 of this year. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: good evening, hearing from petraeus was so critical, not only because he ran the cia, but he was the only top official to visit libya after the attack. his briefing, amid his personal crisis, has helped lawmakers better understand what the intelligence community knew and when they knew it. leaving home before dawn, david petraeus's trip to capitol hill was carefully cloaked to keep the former spy chief out of view, waiting cameras, blocked by law enforcement to "spare him," from media exposure. >> i apologize, but there is a lot of suffering going on. >> reporter: during the top secret briefing, lawmakers say petraeus made clear that the cia immediately believed that terrorists, and not protesters, were directly responsible for the assault that killed chris stephens and three others. today, a new explanation for why the white
the former four-star general, former cia director until a week ago tonight was hidden from view as he testified in secret about his old job and what he knows about what happened in benghazi, libya, on 911 of this year. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: good evening, hearing from petraeus was so critical, not only because he ran the cia, but he was the only top official to visit libya after the attack. his briefing, amid his personal crisis, has helped lawmakers better...
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when asked by lawmakers to explain the cia's talking point memo circulated after the assault, petraeus is said to have described the assault as a terrorist attack. the cia points to intercepts of cell phone calls and text messages as proof that some of the attackers belong to al qaeda many the must gorap, the north african affiliate. the final version used by susan rice in five sunday talk shows made no mention of terrorism, only extremists. >> i think it is clear there were extremest elements that joined and escalated the violence. >> administration officials say al qaeda's suspected role was classified information and the white house denied making any attempt to sense sure the world terrorism saying the talking points were produced by the intelligence community. congressman peter king voiced his concerns. >> it is still not clear how the final talking points emerged. went through a long process involving many agencies and including the department of justice and the state department and no one knows yet exactly who came up with the final version. >> reporter: a senior intelligence off
when asked by lawmakers to explain the cia's talking point memo circulated after the assault, petraeus is said to have described the assault as a terrorist attack. the cia points to intercepts of cell phone calls and text messages as proof that some of the attackers belong to al qaeda many the must gorap, the north african affiliate. the final version used by susan rice in five sunday talk shows made no mention of terrorism, only extremists. >> i think it is clear there were extremest...
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. >> greta: tonight, if i thought former cia director david petraeus' testimony would clear things up -- think again. general petraeus finally telling congress what he knows about benghazi terror attack, but did his testimony get the obama administration in even more hot water? >> a short time ago, the former cia director left capitol hill after five hours of testimony, closed, classified testimony before the house & senate intelligence committees. >> general pet petraeus' briefing of comprehensive. it added to our ability to make judgments about what is clearly a failure of intelligence. >> the talking points were must have more specific about the al qaeda involvement, but the final ones indicate even though it was clearly evident to the cia that there was al qaeda involvement. >> talking points prepared for her. >> said it was al qaeda. >> sometime between september 14 and september 16, somebody took the al qaeda element out and put the video in. >> the question we have is who made the changes and why? we haven't been able to get that answer. >> petraeus is saying, i said it was ter
. >> greta: tonight, if i thought former cia director david petraeus' testimony would clear things up -- think again. general petraeus finally telling congress what he knows about benghazi terror attack, but did his testimony get the obama administration in even more hot water? >> a short time ago, the former cia director left capitol hill after five hours of testimony, closed, classified testimony before the house & senate intelligence committees. >> general pet petraeus'...
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lot of other indications that indicate that was not true, denied by the libyan prime minister, the cia station chief called it an act of terror. we had the fbi and i believe the national center for counterterrorism also giving briefings. >> paul: that's right. >> saying this. why was general petraeus's testimony then so at odds with other parts of the community? >> but does this, would this give-- what does it mean for, say, susan rice and the administration then? is this, does this help them politically by shielding them or does petraeus here saying i thought it was a terrorist attack, does that mean this puts, for example, susan rice's statements more up to scrutiny? >> well, i think answers the fundamental question, did they deliberately mislead on this case for political reasons because they were driving the narrative that al-qaeda had been decimated and the war, war was receding or a question of incompetence. neither of those two things is good for the administration although it's after the election, so, they can get the consequences. >> let's take a look at the president talking
lot of other indications that indicate that was not true, denied by the libyan prime minister, the cia station chief called it an act of terror. we had the fbi and i believe the national center for counterterrorism also giving briefings. >> paul: that's right. >> saying this. why was general petraeus's testimony then so at odds with other parts of the community? >> but does this, would this give-- what does it mean for, say, susan rice and the administration then? is this,...
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why didn't he as cia director go to the president, the public ought to know what happened. why didn't he do that? >> the intelligence community did put forward improved assessments over time that gave us the clear picture and debunked the idea that there was a protest. you can accuse them of being too slow to do that, and we have asked them exactly these questions why it took so long to get to the truth and get a more accurate picture. they need to put this forward to us in a way that doesn't divulge classified information. but i don't think there's any evidence, i certainly haven't seen any evidence, that general petraeus or any of the other intelligence community were trying to mislead anyone. they are professional. they were trying to do their job, and we can fault them for getting the initial assessment wrong, but i don't think we can ascribe any kind of malice or intent to deceive. >> when your pants are on fire, someone should tell you your pants are on fire. you shouldn't have to ask are my pants on fire? he is only now getting us the straight skinny. that's my view.
why didn't he as cia director go to the president, the public ought to know what happened. why didn't he do that? >> the intelligence community did put forward improved assessments over time that gave us the clear picture and debunked the idea that there was a protest. you can accuse them of being too slow to do that, and we have asked them exactly these questions why it took so long to get to the truth and get a more accurate picture. they need to put this forward to us in a way that...
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to decide one way or the other who was involved and those talking points were first put out by the cia and went through various agencies and even the white house before ambassador rice used them on september 16th. last night on this program congressman king put the blame squarely on the white house for changing the talking points. watch. >> the intelligence community said that al qaeda was involved. that was taken out by someone in the white house. the intelligence agency said -- >> that's not what the dni said. >> i'm telling you what he told us today and i'm telling you what was their reporting on 12th, 13th and 15th, there were intelligence estimates saying al qaeda was directly involved somehow after that was prepared by the intelligence community that was taken out after it went to the white house and that was a very serious issue. >> that was congressman king last night on "360." the dechl democratic congressman did not have that same perception listening from the same briefing that day. keeping them honest, this morning only 12 hours later. mr. king seemed to change his tune. af
to decide one way or the other who was involved and those talking points were first put out by the cia and went through various agencies and even the white house before ambassador rice used them on september 16th. last night on this program congressman king put the blame squarely on the white house for changing the talking points. watch. >> the intelligence community said that al qaeda was involved. that was taken out by someone in the white house. the intelligence agency said -- >>...